[Sigia-l] Indexing conference topics of interest to IA

[Heather Hedden]

The joint international conference of the American Society of Indexers and
the Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada, to be held in Toronto June
15-17, has a number of sessions and workshops that would be of interest to
information architects, especially those who would like more about creating
site indexes.

http://www.asindexing.org/site/conferences/conf2006/index.shtml
http://www.indexingsociety.ca/conf2006.html

Below is just a sampling of the program:

Thursday, June 16:

8:00am-12:00 noon
Half-day Workshop: Introduction to Information Architecture and Usability
(Separate registration: $195/$145 members)

1:30pm-5:30pm
Half-day Workshop: Developing Enterprise Taxonomies
(Separate registration: $195/$145 members)

8:00am-5:00pm
All-Day Workshop: Indexing for Beginners
(Separate registration: $285/$235 members)

Friday, June 16:

8:15am-9:30am
Usability of Web Indexes at an Academic Institution
Why do people use-or not use-website indexes? This presentation interprets
the results of usability studies and offers strategies that can improve
index use. (This presentation is a continuation of research presented at the
2005 ASI conference.)

10:00am-12:00noon
Case Studies in HTML Indexing
This moderated panel include five panelists speaking on the following: (a)
the creation of a bilingual website index, (b) the creation of an intranet
index, (c) the conversion of a book index to an online format, (d) the
creation of an online periodical index in CINDEX and HTML/Prep, and (e) the
use of the web indexing software XRefHT32.

1:30pm-2:45pm
The Process of Building Taxonomies
In this session, we'll go through the steps to deriving a taxonomy and
explore case examples in taxonomy development.

1:30pm-4:30pm
Designing for Online Findability
W eill explore how indexing principles can assist website and intranet users
find information. The focus is on tools for individual web and intranet
sites using such techniques as labeling, hypertext links, web indexing,
taxonomies, metadata, and topic maps.

Saturday, June 17:

1:30pm-5:30pm
Half-day Workshop: Creating Website Indexes
This hands-on workshop instructs participants how to create back-of-the-book
style indexes on websites or intranets. In addition to learning how to apply
basic indexing concepts such as double-posting and cross references in
online media, indexing techniques and tools specific to website indexing are
presented.
(Separate registration: $195/$145 members)

Let me know if you have any questions.

Heather Hedden
Coordinator, Web Indexing SIG
American Society of Indexers
http://www.web-indexing.org